{
  "id": "cve-2021-27878",
  "cveID": "CVE-2021-27878",
  "vendor": "Veritas",
  "product": "Backup Exec Agent",
  "vulnerabilityName": "Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability",
  "shortDescription": "Veritas Backup Exec (BE) Agent contains a command execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to use a data management protocol command to execute a command on the BE Agent machine.",
  "requiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "dateAdded": "2023-04-07",
  "dueDate": "2023-04-28",
  "knownRansomware": true,
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-287"
  ],
  "notes": "https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS21-001; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27878",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27878"
    },
    {
      "label": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog"
    },
    {
      "label": "veritas.com",
      "url": "https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS21-001"
    },
    {
      "label": "nvd.nist.gov",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27878"
    }
  ],
  "cvss": {
    "score": 8.8,
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "version": "3.1",
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  },
  "epss": {
    "score": 0.23952,
    "percentile": 0.97694
  },
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2023-04-07",
      "event": "Added to the CISA KEV catalog"
    },
    {
      "date": "2023-04-28",
      "event": "CISA remediation due date (BOD 22-01)"
    }
  ],
  "status": "past due"
}